People of copper, people of gold – Tetzaveh – by Rabbi Dr Raymond Apple
Parashat T’tzaveh focusses on the Sanctuary and its appurtenances.
The Sanctuary vessels were variegated and each had its own function. The Lubavitcher Rebbe used to...
OzTorah: They saw the thunder – Yitro
Torah reading: Yitro
THE FIRST COMMANDMENT
Though we use the phrase, "The Ten Commandments", the Decalogue is ten Words or Principles. The first says that there is...
Chief Rabbi’s Dvar Torah : Parshat Vayikra
In his D’var Torah this week, the Chief Rabbi explains why we must invest in our teachers.
https://youtu.be/O_TxeSSJ4iI
The leftovers of the ‘Mincha’ offering were to...
Parshat Vayeshev
In this week’s D’var Torah the Chief Rabbi asks what it was that caused the waters to part.
What did the sea see?
In Psalm 114,...
Aren’t We All Sinners?
Dear Rabbi
I was especially intrigued by your remarks in last week’s column regarding the tragic story in Israel. My question is, inasmuch as someone...
A shammash in the age of electricity
THE MIRACLE OF CHANUKAH
Chanukah is colourful, exciting, and popular, ranking with Purim in carnival spirit. Every type of talent is part of the festival:...
AUDITED ACCOUNTS
Checking the income and expenditure of the Tabernacle-building project required careful auditing, which is the major feature of the Torah passage this Shabbat.
How interesting...
Eikev: The Land of Milk and Ice Cream – Thoughts on a Boycott
By Rav Moshe Taragin
The recent decision to discontinue selling Ben and Jerry's ice cream in selected areas of Israel has roused the Jewish world,...
Israel Is Not a Start-up Nation
Rabbi Moshe Taragin
What happens when grand visions meet harsh realities? For hundreds of years, the land of Israel was a shimmering dream buoying the...
New! Pirkei Avot column!
150 issues since we began, we have reached the conclusion of Tehillim.
We are now...